In Le ministère sacerdotal dans la tradition syriaque primitive, Tanios Bou Mansour analyzes the Christian priesthood in four Syriac writers: Aphraate, Ephrem, Jacob of Sarug and Narsaï. Their conception of priesthood is illuminated by the Priesthood of Christ and contextualized within the continuity of the priesthood of the Old Testament. These authorsâ originality and actuality lies in their conception of election, of apostolic succession, of âsacerdotalâ traits attributed to women in the Bible, and especially of the priest who, commissioned by the Church, executes the action of the Christ and the Spirit.
Tanios Bou Mansour, Ph.D. (1987), Louvain-la-Neuve, is Professor of Oriental Theology and Literature at the University Saint-Esprit, Kaslik (Lebanon). He is the author of various monographs and articles on Syriac Theology.